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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Entain PLC | 1,399.0 | 7.2% |
| Fresnillo PLC | 799.4 | 3.0% |
| Flutter Entertainment PLC | 15,527.4 | 2.9% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,787.0 | 2.8% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 154.6 | 2.4% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Gsk PLC | 1,488.0 | -1.6% |
| Unite Group PLC | 936.5 | -1.3% |
| Compass Group PLC | 2,048.0 | -1.3% |
| Airtel Africa PLC | 110.6 | -1.1% |
| Mondi PLC | 1,295.5 | -1.1% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 7,907 | 0.3% | 3.7% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 33,863 | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| DAX INDEX | 15,871 | 0.5% | 12.0% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 28,659 | 0.5% | 6.2% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,360 | -0.3% | -2.7% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 80.72 | -0.14% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 84.54 | -0.26% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,008 | 0.7% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 410 | 0.8% |
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The UK 100 called to open -16 points at 7892. The UK 100 looks set to open slightly lower today, this comes as fresh UK inflation data showed inflation had eased in March but not by as much as City commentators had hoped and remains in double digits. On Wall Street, yesterday the Dow Jones closed down 10.55 points at 33,976.63. The S&P gained 3.55 points, or 0.1%, to trade at 4,154.87, while the Nasdaq ended flat at 12,153.41. After the US close Netflix posted its first quarter numbers. Shares dipped in after-hours trading after the streaming platform failed to attract as many new subscribers as expected during the first quarter.
Antofagasta says Q1 production and costs are in line with FY guidance. Q1 copper +5.1% YoY & gold +9.9% YoY. They keep their 2023 guidance for 670,000-710,000 tonnes of copper.
ConvaTec acquires the anti-infective nitric oxide technology platform of 30 Technology.
Glencore publishes an open letter to shareholders of takeover target Teck Resources and states that the Teck Resources board “has consistently refused any engagement”.
Hunting report that their FY EBITDA guidance is unchanged at $88m.
National Express sees strong recovery in UK coach and German rail as Q1 performance is in line with expectations.
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Antofagasta
Entain
Hunting
Network International Holdings
Quilter
US
Morgan Stanley
International Business Machines
Tesla
UK
AJ Bell
Centamin
Dunelm Group
Rentokil
Rio Tinto
Segro
WH Smith
US
American Express
AT&T
Blackstone
Philip Morris International
Snap Inc A
Japanese Industrial Production
UK Consumer Price Index
UK Retail Price Index
EU Non-Monetary Policy ECB Meeting
EU Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
German 10-y Bond Auction
ECB's Lane speech
ECB's Schnabel speech
Fed's Beige Book
Japanese Merchandise Trade Balance Total
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 20th April 2023:
Antofagasta
BAE Systems
Weir Group
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
London Stock Exchange Group
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 20th April 2023:
Vanquis Banking Group
Vistry Group
Quilter
Vesuvius
Ibstock
Genuit Group
Videndum
Rathbones Group
Bodycote
Drax Group
Supermarket Income REIT
Foresight Solar Fund
Hunting
Merchants Trust
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
JPMorgan American Investment Trust
Jupiter Fund Management
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